Mechanical Journeyperson (Pipefitter) - Bedford

General Motors; Bedford (IN); On-site; USD 48,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive industry seeks a Journeyperson Pipefitter to join their team. This role involves the installation, maintenance, and repair of mechanical piping systems and requires expertise in robotics and automation to improve functionality. Candidates should be proficient in maintaining industrial machinery while adhering to safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience with planned maintenance systems and predictive technologies.
• Experience with industrial robotics, automation, and conveyance systems.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain mechanical piping systems.
• Read and interpret blueprints and operate CNC tools.
• Ensure defect-free parts and adherence to specifications.

Skills

Mechanical Piping Systems

Industrial Robotics

Automation

Blueprint Interpretation

CNC Operation

Job description

Overview:

A Journeyperson Pipefitter is a driven, determined and ambitious tradesman who is responsible for installing, assembling, fabricating, maintaining and repairing of mechanical piping systems to improve functionality.

Preferred Experience Includes:

• Experience with planned maintenance systems and predictive technologies

• Experience with industrial robotics, automation, and conveyance systems

Primary Responsibilities:

• Follow established safety procedures according to OSHA standards and company procedures

• Maintain, dismantle, repair, and replace mechanical and hydraulic components (e. g. bearings, seals, details, carriers, etc.) on industrial machinery such as shafting, motors, generators, air compressors, engines, pumps, cylinders, gears, couplings, linkages, ball screws, high speed CNC spindles, coolant systems and filters, and combustion equipment and valves

• Layout, assemble, fabricate, maintain, and repair piping systems

• Use various hand or power tools for measuring, cutting, threading, grooving, bending, soldering, assembling, joining, and installing pipes, valves, and fittings

• Read and interpret blueprints for the mechanical operation and assembly of conveyor systems, material handling systems, robots, and other automation

• Operate mobile equipment (e.g. forklifts, vertical lifts, cranes)

• Determine loading requirements to rig equipment and material for lifting

• Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes

• Fabricate punches, tools, steel rule tools and t-sets to exact specifications

• Plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools or assemblies using blueprints, sketches, or models

• Determine quality of finished products, ensuring defect-free parts, by verifying dimensions, alignment, and clearances for conformance to specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators